The extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit can be counted on to help home sales throughout the first half of this year, but how will markets fare after the credit expires on April 30 (with deals having until June 30 to close)? The health of housing for the second half of the year is dependent on jobs, and on this point the picture is ...

The Internet has revolutionized how real estate is sold. This applies nationally as well as in our local Kingsland and St. Marys, Georgia real estate markets. Websites are popping up left and right as agents claim to be “the trusted source for real estate” in the community. As potential home buyers research website ...

Having a niche or target market in your real estate practice benefits the Georgia home buyer / seller and the Georgia real estate professional. This is especially true when you market your real estate services online. For example: When a buyer is researching homes for sale in Georgia they typically use search phrases that apply ...

You wake up one Monday morning to find Fannie (FNMA) and Freddie (FHLMC) no longer exist - that was a scenario that NAR staff have been contemplating over the past month. Well, the government has in effect taken over Fannie and Freddie this weekend and it is in fact Monday morning. The federal government had no choice because the capital situation ...

(from Yahoo News on real estate)
Houston, we don't have a housing problem.
The city's $152,500 median home sale price is up 6.6% from 2005. It boasts a low vacancy rate and an oil-rich economy. Throw in a bubbling entrepreneurial tech scene, and you've got four factors that put Houston on the top of our list of best ...